American English pronunciation
How to pronounce neglected
IPA transcription: [nəɡ'lɛktəd]
Pronunciation variants: [nəɡ'lɛktəd][nɪɡ'lɛktɪd]
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Verb
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fail to do something; leave something undone
“She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib”
“The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account”
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leave undone or leave out
“How could I miss that typo?”
“The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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give little or no attention to
“Disregard the errors”
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fail to attend to
“he neglects his children”
Adjective
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disregarded
“his cries were unheeded”
“Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'”
“her ignored advice”
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lacking a caretaker
“a neglected child”
“many casualties were lying unattended”
Usage examples
- Macmurray' s work has been largely neglected in academic philosophy.
- After the October Revolution, Miloradovich's work was largely neglected.
- Linux, Solaris and other platforms are once again neglected by the manufacturer.
- When visually depicted, "your mom" is usually ugly, neglected or absurdly obese.
- The dissociation of water and relative water concentration itself is neglected as well.
- However, their academic performance in those college cannot be neglected.
- The Venetian school is said to have neglected design a little too much.
- This line of business, hitherto neglected, he organized effectively.
- The bungalow looked mean, neglected, and in need of work.
- However, Wantzel's work was neglected by his contemporaries and essentially forgotten.